Aircraft Would Supply Remote Areas With Personnel and Equipment

Lockheed Martin Corp. is launching a new civilian version of its C-130J Super Hercules military cargo aircraft that a senior executive said could be available for energy and mining companies to supply remote areas with personnel and equipment by 2018.

The U.S. defense company believes there is a market for up to 75 new Hercules aircraft, a model that it stopped producing for the civilian market in 1992 after delivering 115 since its...